Tag: Thomas Sankara

Ibrahim Traore (PHOTO CREDIT: Council on Foreign Relations) Traoré is not Sankara, a fact that may be lost on Burkina ...

The long-awaited verdict on Wednesday brought to a close, a six-month trial about the murder of Mr Sankara.

Compaore and 13 others have been charged by a military tribunal over the death of Sankara – a charismatic revolutionary ...

While under house arrest as the Prime Minister, Sankara inspired the military coup that ousted Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo in 1983.

Sankara was like young Patrice Lumumba, cut down by the bullets of criminals in uniform, whose lives he had tried ...

Mr Sankara, a revolutionary often called "Africa's Che Guevara", was assassinated during a bloody coup .

Laongo is a haven for African sculptors, where they carve their artistic thoughts and impressions on natural material- granite.

Fabian Lojede’s unforgettable role as Bola Abayomi in the now rested series ‘Jacob’s Cross’ made him a household name.